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Delinquent valor

"Ah, All-Might I'm glad you came, you wanted to discuss the possibility of your new successor. Please sit, I already poured tea."

"Thank you, Nezu, I'll be sure to enjoy it."

The principal of U.A. and All-Might started their conversation but as they finished discussing Mirio, Nezu began a new topic. The speaking animal placed his teacup down and pulled out a folder, placing it on the coffee table between them.

"There is another reason that I'm glad you were able to meet with me. He actually accepted your recommendation application and is enrolling into U.A."

A photo had slipped out of the folder. All-Might grabbed it and brought it to his face.

"Oh, young Midoriya did, I'm grateful. Although he has grown into quite the, er, scraper, I'm still proud of him."

"Yes, I called his school and they confirmed it for me. He is well known for reasons, although his teachers remarked his potential."

All-Might clutched the photo. "It's hard not to imagine him going down a dark path after losing his parents... I keep failing him but now I have an earnest chance to make it up to him, as a teacher, and turn him into a fine hero."

"Actually All-Might, he signed up for general studies." Nezu laughed, a little nervous.

"What?"

"That's right, two of our very own students were excepted into U.A." The teacher announced to the class. "Bakugo is going for the hero course." All the students already knew he had the strength for it and were about to congratulate him but as usual, Bakugo was Bakugo and obnoxiously patted his own shoulder. "And Midoriya..."

"Huh?" Bakugo's eyes narrowed into a glare in the middle of his celebration. The whole class was silent as they turned to the student.

"Eh?! Where's Midoriya? Don't tell me he ditched again!" The teacher ruffled his hair in distress.

"That damn Deku..." Bakugo stared off in thought. 'He's the only one who's dared stand in front of my path towards being the number one hero, U.A. will be different.' Unfortunately for Bakugo, the teacher forgot to mention that Izuku would be attending general studies.

Regarding Izuku Midoriya, he had spent the day as he would any other and was now beginning to head home. He had passed a sidewalk with a storm drain.

And the sludge slithered along, following him through the sewers. The thug was waiting for a moment to strike and take over his body, to get away. All-Might was already chasing him.

Izuku walked into a tunnel that had a manhole in the middle of it and the sludge decided to use the opportunity, starting to sneak out, lifting the cover. Except it was stuck, or more like there was a weight on it. In frustration and panic for All-Might, he forced it open blowing the lid up into the air.

"So you were following me." Izuku jumped off the manhole cover, flipping in air and facing the sludge.

"N-NANI!? You were the counterweight? Idiot, you're wide open!" The sludge wasted no time lunging itself at the airborne Midoriya.

It was too fast for the sludge to comprehend. Before he knew it, Izuku had already trapped him in a bottle and capped it.

"Although your quirk looks powerful, it still has to follow the properties of liquid, meaning you have to take the shape of your container. You can't escape if it's a watertight seal."

"Wh-What? How did you even figure that all out by a quick glance?!" The sludge had to mentally slow down the events that had just transpired. 'It was as if I was being sucked up by the bottle as soon as I went after him... No that would mean I would have felt a vacuum pulling me in. It was more like he was constantly positioning the bottle in front of me, leading me in without missing a single drop! But that would be impossible!'

"Unhand him, villain!" All-Might had burst out of the manhole ready to save any civilian in need. That was until he saw the situation. "Y-Young Midoriya? W-Wait, have you seen any villains? I was chasing one but seem to have lost him..." And then he saw the bottle of sludge in his hand. He rubbed the back of his hair. "I should have figured you would deal with him if he were hostile towards you but young Midoriya, it's better to leave those dangers to the heroes." As he walked to him.

The greatest hero the world has ever seen was standing in front of Izuku Midoriya and all he could say was, "Tch."

Toshinori had a sweatdrop staring at the delinquent. Izuku Midoriya was wearing his school uniform but it was unkempt without a care having rolled-up sleeves. His hair was a mess of forest and his face had a few scars, one over his lips, another on his right eye, and a final one across the bridge of his nose, his arms and hands just as cut up. His eyes were wild yet always seemed to be clear and decisive and the dark bags under his eyes suggested a lack of care for sleep.

"Is that really any way to talk to your legal guardian?" Toshinori was always trying to be the parental figure for Izuku.

"Here's the villain you were looking for." Izuku tossed him the bottle and began to walk away.

"O-Oi, wait, young Midoriya! I heard you enrolled into U.A. I just wanted to say, thank you for allowing me to help with my recommendation." Having an earnest smile.

Izuku stopped walking and turned the upper half of his body to All-Might, he had his school bag over his shoulder with one hand and was pointing at him with his other hand.

"I didn't do it for you, Old man. I did it so my mother didn't have to worry about me in heaven!"

He continued his walk after saying what he wanted to say, heading to his home.

"As rebellious as ever, I see." All-Might's earnest smile was still on display, used to Izuku's cold behavior. He glanced down at the bottle with the sludge villain. 'He was able to defeat such a villain with little to no effort...' Even though Nezu introduced him to the option of Mirio being the next to inherit One-for-All, All-Might was also interested in Izuku becoming his successor. 'It's an idea that has been brewing in me since I took in that child and noticed his potential but he has no interest in being a hero. Yet, Izuku Midoriya has a duty to live his life how he believes is right, as his adoptive father, it is my duty to cultivate him into the person his parents would be proud of.'

They parted ways as All-Might went to turn in the villain to police and Midoriya was headed home.

Izuku reached the residential area close to his home and it was at a cross path that he was confronted by Bakugo.

"Oi, Deku, who do you think you are enrolling into U.A., huh?"

"Hello, Kacchan." Unfazed by the explosive presence.

"It's that damn attitude of yours I can't stand!" Bakugo didn't hesitate to leap at him with an explosion boost. "There's no way a quirkless nobody like you can be a hero!" He had his arm ready to blast Izuku.

"A hero?" With shadowed eyes, but they cleared just as fast. "Wait, Kacchan, how about a coin flip? I have some left over change, we can use this." Izuku reached into his pocket pulling out a coin, holding it in between his index and middle finger, showing it to Kacchan, causing him to stop an inch away from blowing up Izuku but he hadn't even flinched. "If you win, I don't go to the hero course, if I win, you don't have a say in the matter, deal?" Preferring to de-escalate the situation.

"Damn I hate you Deku but fuck if you aren't reasonable. Sure I'll take your wager, but I flip the coin. Knowing you, you'll probably do a dirty trick if you flip it." Swiping it from his hand.

"Sure, Kacchan, I'll call it in air."

And he flipped it.

Izuku stared at the coin as it peaked in the air. "Heads." After calling it, he began to walk away.

"What?" Bakugo was slightly shocked as he passed him, causing him to miss the catch. He glared at Izuku's back before checking the coin. "H-Heads?!"

"Oh and I forgot to say but I already had planned on attending general studies." He raised his hand back to him in a wave of goodbye.

"Damn it, he tricked me again!" Exploding his anger into the air.

"See you at U.A., Kacchan."

All-Might was hidden around a corner in his skeleton skinny state, having seen the whole thing. "He chose to de-escalate the situation knowing the other kid's destructive ability had a chance of injuring nearby civilians and also could cause property damage. He truly has the potential of becoming a great hero, I feel it is him who must inherit One-for-All."

All-Might stared at Izuku's fleeting figure with his blue eyes of resolve in the shadows.

"Although, how can I convince him to be a hero, when I'm the reason he hates them."